Magic and Mayhem

…While shaking the real apple cider to distribute the “mother” during your holiday meal, your hubby asks “Okay kids, is this a solution or a suspension?”.

And your four year old knows!

We have a tradition in our family of having our holiday celebration together on the Solstice (the shortest day/longest night of the year) on December 22nd, and then Christmas Eve and Christmas with Grandma and Grandpa out of town. That way we have our family holiday with our tree and family presents, plus get that special Christmas time with Daryl’s family. It is so much more relaxing for us this way!

We spent all day yesterday opening presents, playing, lounging in new comfy clothes and making a fancy meal. There were no chores, no obvious homescooling, etc. Homeschooling happened anyway, of course.

Daddy talked about why white meat is different (sugar is stored there for energy for flying but is rarely used) and why ducks don’t have white meat (they fly a lot and don’t have the stores of sugar built up). Victoria got a book about the human body that talked about everything from how cancer forms to why people have vision problems. Jack and Anna each got Leap Pad books that touched on various subjects.

Other subjects that came up– schizophrenia, simple and complex carbohydrates, seasons, famous women artists, sea animals, catapults and business law…

Now I’m lounging in my new leopard print pajamas (Victoria explained they are leopard and not cheetah because the pattern is one way or another) with a wiggly baby on my lap and am psyching myself up to tackle the holiday mess. Homeschooling is easy. It’s housekeeping that I’m unqualified for!